(2nd LD) Yoon, opposition leader to hold first-ever meeting Monday

President Yoon Suk Yeol and opposition leader Lee Jae-myung will meet at the presidential office next Monday, an official said, their first sit-down since Yoon took office two years ago. Hong Chul-ho, senior presidential secretary for political affairs, told reporters the two sides agreed on the date following a third round of preparatory talks earlier in the day. The agreement came hours after Lee of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said he would meet with Yoon unconditionally, given the two sides struggled to coordinate the meeting's agenda during the first two rounds of preparatory talks earlier this week. Yoon proposed a meeting in a phone call with Lee last Friday, after the ruling People Power Party was routed in the April 10 parliamentary elections, leaving the National Assembly under the control of the DP. Source: Yonhap News Agency